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never

[nev-er] / ˈnɛv ər /
ADVERB
not at any time
Synonyms
WEAK
at no time don't hold your breath forget it nevermore no way not at all not ever not in any way not in the least not on your life not under any condition
Antonyms
WEAK
always forever

Example Sentences

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Mackay said: "Our manifesto has plans for the biggest expansion of free childcare for a generation, supporting parents who are feeling the strain like never before."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Russia has never helped NPT nonweapons states make nuclear fuel; it sells them Russian enriched fuel and offers to take back their plutonium-laden spent fuel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The S&P 500 never retested that low as oil prices declined sharply in the next 11 days and remained below their peak in subsequent weeks, according to his note.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

“I will never watch Food Network again,” one commenter wrote on Threads.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

I’d never noticed them before, but I guess they’d been there all along—tiny and wild but supersweet.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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